STATE OF NEW YORK
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389
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, BENEDETTO, COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES, ROSEN-
THAL, WOERNER, CRUZ, TAYLOR, HUNTER, FALL, LUPARDO, SANTABARBARA,
BRABENEC, MIKULIN, MILLER, MORINELLO, RA, WALSH, GIGLIO, MANKTELOW,
BARCLAY, FITZPATRICK, SMULLEN, DeSTEFANO, McDONOUGH, McMAHON, GALLAGH-
ER, BUTTENSCHON, DURSO, LEVENBERG, CLARK, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. HAWLEY, RAMOS, STECK, TAGUE -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing school
districts to permit home-schooled students to participate in district
interscholastic sports
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3235
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3235. Home instruction students and interscholastic sports. The
4 board of education or trustee of a school district may establish and
5 adopt a policy to allow a student who receives home instruction to try
6 out for and participate on a school district's interschool athletic
7 team. The policy shall include, but not be limited to the following
8 provisions:
9 1. The student shall be required to meet all the same responsibilities
10 and standards of behavior and eligibility for practice and competition
11 as a public school student enrolled in the school district participating
12 on the interschool athletic team including but not limited to the health
13 examination, immunization, and age eligibility requirements;
14 2. The student shall annually meet all academic requirements pursuant
15 to section 100.10 of commissioner regulations; provided, however, that a
16 board of education or trustee of a school district may require addi-
17 tional academic eligibility requirements;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. The student shall only be eligible to try out for and participate
2 on their school district of residence's interschool athletic team; and
3 4. Transportation shall be provided by the parent or guardian of the
4 student.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
